Ian Chan

His fellow group members came out to support him in celebration of his 26th birthday.

Ian Chan Cheuk-yin (born 9 June 1993), is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter, actor, and a member of the Cantopop group Mirror.

He was a former volleyball player for the Hong Kong men's national volleyball team and South China Athletic Association.

He is also the founder of the clothing brand Indipandant (stylised as iNDIPANDANT and idpt.).

Chan was born on 9 June 1993 in Hong Kong.

He is the youngest son and has two older brothers and one older sister.

He was originally given the baptismal name Thomas, but he later chose the name Ian based on the main character of a story.

Chan graduated from St Francis of Assisi's Caritas School and Cheung Sha Wan Catholic Secondary School.

In high school, Chan's first-year homeroom teacher happened to be the coach of the volleyball team and asked him to try out.

Although he did not make the cut the first year, Chan kept practicing and was successfully selected the following year.

He was named "best setter" at the 2011-2012 All Hong Kong Schools Jing Ying Volleyball Tournament.

Chan also took part in basketball, table tennis and track and field.

He also got a black belt in Taekwondo.

He went on to study Public Policy and Politics at the City University of Hong Kong and represented his university as part of the national volleyball team through the South China Athletic Association.

Chan also developed an interest in music, learning how to play the piano and guitar on his own in his free time.

In his freshman year at CityU, he participated in the CityU Student Union's 8th Joint Society Singing Contest, winning first place and getting free vocal lessons for a year.

He later went on to sign with ST Entertainment, introduced to him by his vocal coach.

In 2018, Chan's entertainment company suggested that he participate in the ViuTV Good Night Show - King Maker competition.

With his university graduation approaching and knowing it would be difficult to have a career as an athlete in Hong Kong, Chan retired from the national volleyball team in order to focus on his career as a performer and to participate in the show.

Throughout the show, Chan exhibited his musical talents, singing in Cantonese, English and Mandarin, as well as performing with a guitar and a piano.

Chan finished in second place with a score of 16.3%.

On 3 November 2018, Chan debuted as a member of MIRROR alongside 11 of the other participants from the show under the management of 黃慧君.

During a MIRROR 100問 video, when a staff member asked what each of the group members called their personal fans, Chan responded "Hello", mistaking the question as one asking how he would greet his fans.

As a result, his fans became known as Hellosss, although Chan later remarked that he did not know when that name had become official.

On 9 June 2019, Chan debuted as a solo artist with his first single "二期大樓" (Phase II Building) and held his first solo mini concert called "Ian Chan Better Me Mini Concert".

On 2 September 2019, Chan released his second solo single "另一個諾貝爾" (Another Nobel), coinciding with the release of Keung To's "亞特蘭提斯" (Atlantis).

The two also worked together for their music film Love Before Birthday, released on 6 September.

Chan was asked if there was competitive pressure releasing music at the same time as Keung, since the two were often compared, being the top two finalists of Good Night Show — King Maker.

Chan responded that he and Keung instead believed that promoting together was mutually beneficial, hoping that it could get more fans to discover and listen to both their songs.

In addition, he felt their styles were different and did not necessarily compete.

Chan participated in the songwriting for "另一個諾貝爾" (Another Nobel), working with Cousin Fung and Lam Bo.

Chan suggested that when one hears the word "nobel", one might first think about the Nobel Prize rather than Chernobyl, in Chinese: and , respectively.

This bias is analogous to when a person only looks at the positive side of things without also considering the negative.

Conversely, when a person loses someone or something precious, they may come to realise and to appreciate its value only after it has been lost.

Chan expressed that these two possible readings can be applied to the song's central theme about relationships.

He also noted that it was difficult getting the feel for the song when he first started recording, but later got a better grasp of the intended emotion after watching Battle Angel (OVA).

In December 2019, Chan and fellow group members began filming for We are the Littles, portraying volleyball players who work together to overcome adversity and become the best team.

Chan stated it was like destiny that the first drama he got to act in was one similar to his past life as a volleyball player.

His past volleyball experience also allowed him to be a body double for his fellow cast members.

We are the Littles began airing on ViuTV in November 2020.